European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 b the stars and stripes monday september 2, 1991a s nip tigers in 4 51 Marathon by the associated press Oakland Calif. A the end that seemed nowhere in sight eluded Tony Phillips in the lengthening shadows of right held. Jose Canseco scored the winning run with one out in the 10th inning when Phillips lost Mark Mcgwire a Fly Ball in the Sun As the a a Defeated the tigers 9-8 in a game that lasted 4 hours 51 minutes. The loss dropped the tigers a games behind the Toronto Blue jays who shut Al saturday out the new York Yankees 5-0 earlier saturday. A i knew i was in trouble As i went out there because the Sun was directly in my face a said Phillips who entered the game As a Pinch Hiiter in the top of the 10th and stayed in right Field. In the 10th, Canseco Drew a Lead off walk and reached second when John Cerutti 2-6 threw wildly to second after Fielding Scott Brosius bunt. After Dave Henderson struck out Mcgwire hit a routine Fly to right that Phillips obviously could not see. Canseco hesitated then came Home beating Phillips throw without a slide finishing off Oakland a comeback from a 6-0 deficit in the sixth inning and an 8-7 deficit in the eighth. In other games saturday Blue jays 5, Yankees 0 new York a Jimmy key and two relievers combined on a three hitter to Lead Toronto Over the Yankees giving the Blue jays their sixth win in seven games. Key 14-9 allowed fifth inning singles to Mel Hall and Bob Geren before departing after that inning with a slight stiffness on the left Side of his neck. Mike Timlin and Duane Ward finished  3, rangers 2 Arlington Texas Kirk Gibson hit his 16th Home run a tic breaking shot in the sixth inning that sent Kansas City past Texas. Gibson homered off Bobby Witt 3-6 twins 5, orioles 2 Minneapolis Rookie Chuck Knoblauch hit his first major league Home run and Kevin Tapani won his eighth straight As the twins beat Baltimore. Tapani 13-7 allowed five hits Over seven  8, Angels 2 Milwaukee Darryl Hamilton and Robin Yount both drove in two runs to Montreal rips astros Montreal a Chris Nabholz pitched a four hitter and struck out a career High 11 to win his first game in More than thre enl sunday months sunday As the expos completed a season sweep at Home of Houston 6-1. Nabholz 3-7 broke a personal four game losing Streak As he gained his first Victory since May 27 against Philadelphia. Nabholz walked four in his first Complete game since last sept. 20 against the mets. Darryl Kile 6-9 lasted Only four innings giving up six hits and All four expos runs to take Houston a sixth loss in As Many games in Montreal this season. Oakland a Mike Gall go beats the Ball to Tiger Catcher Mickey Tettleton scoring on a sacrifice Fly in the sixth inning saturday. Lead the Brewers Over the Angels. Mark Lee 1-3who came on in Relief of starter Chris Bosio when he pulled a hamstring in the sixth got the  sox 10, indians 5 Chicago a Scott Fletcher and Robin Ventura each drove in three runs and Frank Thomas hit his 28th Home run leading Chicago Over Cleveland for just their second win in 12 games. Donn pall 6-2 pitched five innings for the first time in his career shutting out the indians on two  sox 4, mariners 1 Seattle a Roger Clemens pitched a four hitter and took Over the major league Lead in strikeouts sending Boston Over Seattle. Clemens 14-8 struck out eight and increased his total to 191, three More than Seattle a Randy Johnson. He walked three and retired the last 12 hatters in his ninth Complete  rally sinks jays by the associated press new York a Kevin Maas two out two run double capped a three run rally in the eighth inning sunday that sent the Yankees Over the Blue jays 4-2. Steve sax Drew a Lead off walk from Bob Macdonald 3-2 and Roberto Kelly walked with two outs. Matt Nokes hit an rib single that tied it at 2 and Maas followed with a Long double to Center. Lee Guetterman 3-2 shut out Toronto on one hit in the final three innings for the Victory. New York split the four game series with the Al East leading Blue jays. Blue jays starter Juan Guzman Hurt his left thumb while Fielding Nokes grounder to end the sixth. Guzman did not return although his injury is not believed to be serious. Al sunday in another Early game sunday Brewers 3, Angels 1 Milwaukee a Jaime Navarro pitched a four hitter to Lead the Brewers Over California. Navarro 13-10 lost his shutout with two outs in the ninth inning when Wally Joyner hit his 21st Home run. That was the Only California runner to get past first base As Navarro walked none and struck out six in his eighth Complete game. Paul Molitor singled during Milwaukee a two run first inning and hit his 16th Homer in the seventh off Chuck Finley 16-8. Finley gave up seven hits in his fourth Complete game. Phils halt braves win Streak by the associated press Philadelphia Jose Dejesus pitched three hit Ball Over eight innings and struck out a career High 13 in the Phillies 5-0 Victory Over the braves that ended Atlanta a five game win Streak. The braves Lead in the National league West was Cut to one game later in the Day As second place los Angeles beat Chicago 3-2. Dejesus 10-4 walked six but pitched his Way out of two bases loaded jams to win his fifth straight decision. He did not allow a hit after the fourth inning. Joe Boever got the final three outs after giving up a Lead off single in the ninth. He struck out two As Philadelphia finished with a season High 15 strikeouts. In other games saturday pirates 3, padres 2 san Diego a Don Slaught hit his first Homer of the season to Lead off the 12th inning in the pirates fifth straight win. W Barry Bonds also had a two run Homer his 22nd, As Pittsburgh moved out to an eight game Lead Over the cardinals in the no East the pirates largest margin of then saturday  3, cubs 2 los Angeles a Eddie Murray hit the first pitch in the eighth inning for his 392nd career Home run lifting the dodgers Over Chicago. Murray a tie breaking Homer his 13th of the season and first in 10 games helped los Angeles move Back to within one game of Atlanta in the no West. Murray homered off Paul Assn Machor 7-5 giants 6, cardinals 1 san Francisco a Bryan Hickerson pitched seven shutout innings in his first major league Start and Matt Williams and Kevin Mitchell hit their 25th homers to Power the giants Over St. Louis. Hickerson 1-0 made his first Start following 11 Relief appearances this season striking out five and walking  8, reds 7 Cincinnati Keith Millers loth in Ning Homer off Rob Dibble gave the mets a Victory Over the reds. John Franco 4-7 was the Winner after he threw a wild pitch in the ninth inning which scored Herm Winningham and tied the game at 7. Howard Johnson homered once from each Side of the plate As new York rallied from a 5-0 deficit. He has 28 homers tied for the no Lead with Atlanta a Ron Gant. Johnson with a left handed Solo Homer in the fourth and a right handed two run Homer in the seventh became just the second met to accomplish the feat. Lee Maz Zilli did it against the dodgers in 1978.expos 5, astros 4 Montreal a third baseman Ken Caminiti threw away Spike Owens bunt in the 10th inning allowing Larry Walker to score the winning run in the expose Victory Over the astros. Trailing 4-2 with two outs in the ninth the expos tied it on three straight hits the last a two run single by Dave Martinez. In the 10th, Walker led off with a single against Al Osuna 7-5 and went to second when the pitchers throw was late on Marquis Grissom a sacrifice attempt. Owen then bunted toward third base which Caminiti fielded cleanly but threw Over first to end the game